Alleged Craigslist killer gives up DNA sample

Tuesday

Philip Markoff, the former Boston University medical student and Quincy resident charged with killing a masseuse he met on Craigslist, has turned over a DNA sample to prosecutors.

A former Boston University medical student and Quincy resident charged with killing a masseuse he met on Craigslist has turned over a DNA sample to prosecutors.

Philip Markoff, 24, who lived in the HighPoint complex on Quarry Street in West Quincy, has pleaded innocent to the April 14 fatal shooting of Julissa Brisman, 25. He is also accused of kidnapping and robbing a prostitute at the Westin Copley Hotel on April 10, and with pulling a gun on a stripper at a Rhode Island hotel on April 16.

Last month, a Boston judge granted a request from prosecutors – over his lawyer's objections – to take DNA from an oral swab of Markoff. Markoff's lawyer said Monday he has complied with the order.

The judge ruled that Markoff's sample could only be compared to biological evidence seized by investigators in the case.

The Patriot Ledger

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